CVE-2014-8271
Buffer overflow in the Reclaim function in Tianocore EDK2 before SVN 16280 allows physically...
Buffer overflow in the Reclaim function in Tianocore EDK2 before SVN 16280 allows physically proximate attackers to gain privileges via a long variable name.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Physical
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Buffer overflow in the Reclaim function in Tianocore EDK2 before SVN 16280 allows physically proximate attackers to gain privileges via a long variable name.
- Record
CVE-2014-8271- CVSS 3.1
- 6.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 4.6 Medium
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-120
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Buffer overflow in the Reclaim function in Tianocore EDK2 before SVN 16280 allows physically proximate attackers to gain privileges via a long variable name.
- Record
CVE-2014-8271- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2014-8112 No score
Buffer overflow in the Reclaim function in Tianocore EDK2 before SVN 16280 allows physically proximate attackers to gain privileges via a long variable name.
- Record
EUVD-2014-8112- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-cf3p-hhrw-pr9m No score
Buffer overflow in the Reclaim function in Tianocore EDK2 before SVN 16280 allows physically...
Buffer overflow in the Reclaim function in Tianocore EDK2 before SVN 16280 allows physically proximate attackers to gain privileges via a long variable name.
- Record
GHSA-cf3p-hhrw-pr9m- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2014-8271 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.8) in Tianocore Edk2, published February 6, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.40%, the 34th percentile. No source names a fixed version.